Windows XP Service Pack 3

petrym
petrym Posts: 1,912
edited August 2008 in The Clubhouse
I went to update a customer's computer today and saw that Win XP SP 3 issued today, I know there were some previous Release Candidates - anybody experienced the "real" SP yet?
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited May 2008
    Yep, been installing it all day yesterday and today on our lab machines at work. No issues, no problems, quick install, makes up for a ton of updates between SP2 and SP3. Super nice if you are building a machine from scratch and only have up to SP2.

    Good luck.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited May 2008
    I forget the latest build number, but yes. I had a couple of mildly annoying bugs with the prior candidates, and this one seems to be the same (better than sp2), BUT without the bugs. Painless install. Everything where it was supposed to be.
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  • jmwest1970
    jmwest1970 Posts: 846
    edited May 2008
    Has anyone installed SP3 on a computer with a wireless connection that uses 802.1x authentication? One of my staff ran across it today and reported that he couldn't get to the authentication settings to turn off the "use your windows login credentials to authenticate" feature.
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited May 2008
    I installed SP3 and all is well. I had a "New Hardware Found" popup, but took care of it via another update session, there's a new window that comes up when I start "Remote Desktop Connection" but you can opt not to see it again. I just downloaded the executable file.
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  • bluzrip
    bluzrip Posts: 93
    edited May 2008
    I am 0 for 2 on attempts to install SP3 on my desktop and laptop. I am now wading through the stuff linked below trying to find out why M$ has sent me buggy code again.

    "Steps to Take Before You Install SP3"

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717/

    :eek:
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,725
    edited May 2008
    Is SP3 a cumulative patch like SP2?
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  • bluzrip
    bluzrip Posts: 93
    edited May 2008
    Is SP3 a cumulative patch like SP2?

    I believe it is. That was part of the reason I expected no problems. :(

    Other forums are noting trouble with machines running Norton in particular. :p

    BTW, I downloaded the entire beast, disconnected from the net, and shut off AVG, Spybot S&D and Spywareblaster before starting the update. I had plenty of hard drive space. Still looking for the issue that caused the update to hang on both machines.
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  • haimoc
    haimoc Posts: 1,031
    edited May 2008
    Install SP3 (Release Candidate) and SP3 (current) with no problem.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited May 2008
    i can't seem to install SP3 on my computer either. i'm not to worried though.. but it keeps erroring out. after 5 attempts, i'm DONE!
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2008
    Eh. Kinda leary. I installed the SP3 candidate a couple weeks ago and a couple things went hinky. Im not sure I trust this new version yet. Ill wait a while and let them work out the bugs. SP2 is working fine for me and my 6 year old compy.
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited May 2008
    The language tool bar keeps turning itself on... :mad:

    but I used the settings window to turn it off. It better stay off!

    I also noticed the "Software Explorers" icon in the Control Panel, it links to Windows Defender to check out what vendors have what software installed on your computer.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited May 2008
    I did SP3 on mom's computer. No hitches.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited May 2008
    I'm curious how this is going to roll out at work. I'm not looking forward to dealing with helpdesk requests for the next little while after we do...

    I'll have to try it out myself and watch some threads carefully to identify any patterns of issues that arise.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited May 2008
    Actually, except for the lengthy installation that was expected since all service packs take a while, it wasn't that bad. Everything went smoothly and I haven't had a single complaint from the other 40 users. It threw in the newer version of remote desktop that I never before bothered to upgrade to and it's actually a lot nicer than the old one I was using.

    So far so good.
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited August 2008
    I did this today with no problems. Well at first I was getting a install error so I defragged and set my privacy options to accept all cookies and then it worked.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited August 2008
    Dont need to worry about it computer one is a mac pc 2 is vista.
    HT setup
    Panasonic 50" TH-50PZ80U
    Denon DBP-1610
    Monster HTS 1650
    Carver A400X :cool:
    MIT Exp 3 Speaker Wire
    Kef 104/2
    URC MX-780 Remote
    Sonos Play 1

    Living Room
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    Polk Surroundbar 3000
    Samsung BD-C7900
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2008
    are there any new releases for Win 3.1 yet? :p:p
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited August 2008
    DOS 5.1 yet?

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited August 2008
    Thats funny right there man nope no dos yet just unix and vista. I know all windows is based on top of dos. it is just a guii interface. But unix is all built into mac.
    HT setup
    Panasonic 50" TH-50PZ80U
    Denon DBP-1610
    Monster HTS 1650
    Carver A400X :cool:
    MIT Exp 3 Speaker Wire
    Kef 104/2
    URC MX-780 Remote
    Sonos Play 1

    Living Room
    63 inch Samsung PN63C800YF
    Polk Surroundbar 3000
    Samsung BD-C7900
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited August 2008
    Dredging up an old thread here, but I've done about a fifty computers so far and the only problems I've run into are just old ones with very small windows partitions that end up running out of space during the install. Luckily, it seems that when this update fails you're not put into such a bad situation as you would normally expect (such as when SP2 fails and takes everything with it).

    SP3 is beautiful! If you have old windows discs it's a LOT faster to do a fresh install now. I keep both sp2 and 3 packages on a portable hard drive for fresh installs now and it has cut hours off the update process.
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